It’s time to be heard! There is no end in sight to the stratospheric home prices in Vancouver and its impact is being felt across our communities.” Such is the rallying cry for the Affordable Housing Rally to be held…
A law school that doesn’t exist yet has already been blacklisted by the law societies of Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. Each had voted to bar its graduates from practicing law in their province. It’s not because the proposed…
A week from Saturday (May 23), The Inkwell Workshops will offer a rich day, full of opportunities to hone your writing and marketing skills. Workshop leaders include: Dr. Monika Hilder, associate professor of English at TWU and author of Surprised…
Philip Owen was mayor of Vancouver from 1993 to 2002, and his contribution to the city and our society will be recognized next Monday (May 11) when the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) confers on him the degree of Doctorate…
It seems that May has become pro-life month, with the March for Life May 14, the Catholic Church’s National Week for Life and the Family May 11 – 17 and the Focus on Life gala dinner May 25. Here Brian…
What do creation care and evangelical Christian faith have in common? Quite a bit more than many have understood, if Chris Wright, international ministries director for Langham Partnership, is to be believed. Wright is in Vancouver this week for Holy Ground:…
“Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, a cheerful, Toronto-born evangelical Christian, has become the hottest ticket in the highly polarized U.S. debate over climate change.” So said William Marsden in an April 24 story in the National Post. Hayhoe will be the…
Westside Church will welcome one of America’s best known theologians next week (April 24 – 25). John Piper will lead his Look at the Book Conference, which he says is “a new method of teaching the Bible.” Piper describes…
Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom took part in Our Whole Society at UBC Robson Square late last month. Andrew Bennett ably explained his mandate to promote religious freedom in the face of “barbaric persecution” by ISIS/ISIL and in many other…
Life in the Neighbourhood is a day “geared to helping begin a movement of neighbourhood churches across the city.” Sponsored by Forge Canada and hosted by First United Mennonite Church, the April 11 event will feature four tracks: Neighbourhood Life…